Yeah, I enjoyed that Pete, lovely set of lanes. I love it when the conditions are like that, practice on that all winter then the rest is easy during the warmer months 👍

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

It certainly gets easier as it all dries out... I kinda like the sloppy challenge though 😀 Am def glad I was on the Beta though Hahaha 😀

You were really in the Shuck a lot in this one, Pete! That bush jumped out at you - totally the guilty party in that off! Nice turn-around - that certainly was a spot where you would have been in deep doo-doo on the Aprilia!

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, am very glad I was on the Beta for this one. TBH, I'd not have ridden a lot of this route on the Tuareg this time of year, too sloppy out

I remember when you did that lane on the Toerag! 🤣 It feels like only a month or so ago. That back wheel hooked up really well on the tree. Loads of people would be sat their spinning for ages. Good smooth job.

@HippoDrones

3 ай бұрын

Yeah it is weird how time has passed but not passed. I'd not have gotten the Tuareg through the first lane on this visit. Thankfully the wood was not too wet, so no wheel spin... but a bit more momentum was needed to get over it clean.

Nice one buddy, I thought you was going to be savaged by the black dog on Chalk Pit Lane 😂. Hopefully we will catch up soon. Ride safe mate 👍🏻

@HippoDrones

29 күн бұрын

Haha, it was quite a ferocious beasty 🤣

That bush was out to get you, for sure. In the morning, it woke up and saw only things in it's agenda were soak the roots and grab a handlebar 😁

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

Aye, it jumped out at me! 😀

I enjoyed that. As you know I like flying solo just as much as group stuff, that said, I always find I push myself more when I'm with others. I've said in many of my videos, there's nothing as slippery as wet mud and chalk 😳 - great video and enjoyable 😉

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Paul. Yeah having a wing man to help you out does often mean you need a wing man to help you out! 🤣👍

Nice little log hop, nice little crash, nice little ride on the dirt squirter all round mate 🤙 and I agree with your opinion of shorts, meh. We do em cause they make us 😭

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

I was quite nervous doing the log hop so didn't quite have the momentum to clear it. Haha... I knew I'd take a tumble on that lane, it always bites me somewhere along it! 😁 Yeah shorts are a bit meh, but needs must I guess

Great video! Being in frozen Canada I love the scenery and history of those old green lanes. I imagine they haven't changed that much from a few hundred years ago, or perhaps, in some places, even from Roman times.

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

Aye, not much change since the Romans were here... back in 350AD

I think that my trail tomorrow will be a lot less squelchy and a bit more motorway-like 😬 But that’s the beauty of trying new trails. You can’t know what to expect and if it does get tough, I’m feeling up for the challenge. I’m really excited for tomorrow !!! Nice to see that even Hippo-Drones has a “trail of death” too ! Cheers Pete. That looked challenging but you and the Beta made it look easy ! Enjoy your evening mate👍 Garry & Ruby

@HippoDrones

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Garry, chicken and chips with a couple of beers tonight 😛 Yup, new experiences and explores are quite exciting, just remember, it is fine to turn around if you think it is iffy/dodgy mate 👍

@economicalrides

3 ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones Don’t worry Pete. It doesn’t take much for my inner wuss to come out, crying for me to turn around and get back to safety 😂 I’m probably the last person to do something a bit iffy 👍 Thanks though. You are right of course ! Enjoy the chicken and chips ! 😋 Garry

@HippoDrones

3 ай бұрын

😀@@economicalrides

Great video, really like the comment, about, "Not churning up the lane". Showing some common sense and respect for other users, top job! I think the person sat down, should 'control their dog!' Just my opinion Top Job mate, keep 'em coming!

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

Gotta look after the lanes as best we can, but still need to ride them to show they are used. I thought she had a hold of it, but obviously not.

Howdy, Nice vid👍 it's still that wet over the border here in Kent, wet chalk and ruts get me every time! Roll on spring...

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

Cheers mate, aye wet chalk is entertaining... if watching! :-D hahaha

Great vid,really liked this one,blimey that was wet,may take my canoe down there😂

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Terry, haha.. yeah a canoe would have been better at places! 🤣

Cracking vid, quite like the ’cut to the interesting bits’ format.

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

I shall try to do more like it... at least on newer to me routes.

Looks very wet and muddy! Sounds quite physical 😀 Still not tried KZread shorts. I'm not a big fan but I guess I should try creating one or two. Aw! The shrubbery got you!

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

There's been a shrubbery! :-D It is a good work out, need to do it more to get fitter. Shorts suck but are easy to make and they keep a channel ticking forward.

For me, watching you ride in all that mud is just crazy. Give me sand any day🤠. Holy crap that pond at the end would have had me walking it. Man I hate mud. About the closest thing we have to the chalk, from how you describe it, is grey clay. It is very fine and slick when wet but very hard when dry. Then we have the red clay which is about as slick but it's really sticky and oddly enough, it will turn your tires blue. Yeah I remember you turning the T Reg around on that hill, I was getting tired along with you. Pssst, learning pivot turns come in really handy😂. Hey you got er turned around though.

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

I love it like this, sloppy, but not too tricky... I'd probably hate it if I liked my bikes being clean though 😀 Thankfully we don't have a huge amount of clay near us, but know I'll get caught out on some when visiting different areas in the UK, it cn be mega tiring getting through it if you get stuck hey... def hope I'm on the Beta rather than the ToeRag when I find it! 😀 I really wish I'd turned it around sooner than I did, I was thinking it was too steep to do so, but I'd have gotten it done with a lot less effort than I wasted pushing the bike backwards down the lane.

@BigDaveTALKS

4 ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones Hey that’s another reason i like sand, it’s so much easier to wash off😆. It’s crazy to see the amounts of inclement weather you ride in. The stuff we shy away from is just another day for you and the lot over there who ride, both on and off road.

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

@@BigDaveTALKS TBH, it is why I love trail riding... it is supposed to be wet and dirty, so I can ride bikes all year round, I'd not ride anywhere near as much if I didn't ride trails as it gets pretty rubbish riding in the rain and cold on tarmac

That first bit was gnarly...a proper workout!!!! You just need to tap into your inner MeggsBrap to get over that log!!!

@HippoDrones

3 ай бұрын

Oooh, I wouldn't mind tapping Megs Braap haha

lovely! So wish we had trails like this in scotland we could go and play on! Looks great fun and love the exploration side of it! 😎👍🏻😁

@HippoDrones

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, it is difficult to find places legally to play dirty bikes in Scotland. When I was in the RN, I rode some amazing places up there... although after getting hunted down by the local police after while having a fish supper in my van... I was re-educated as to not being allowed to ride where I was... oops.

@twistandgo3414

3 ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones yeah! 😂. It's ok with the land owners permission, but that's a challenge in itself if you don't know them but bigger issue is most of it is forestry commission. Have a new bike on the horizon though and signed up to An adventure type navigational trial in october so I'm looking forward to that! Will record of course! 😁😎

@HippoDrones

3 ай бұрын

@@twistandgo3414 that sounds pretty epic, I look forward to the vids

@twistandgo3414

3 ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones yeah, lots coming and charity ride planned in may too which is far approaching. You hit the nail on the head though at loonies at the end there, it's quite the community on here really which I was quite naive to until I started. I doubt my off road adventures in October will be as exciting and fun as the terrain you get to play on though! But who knows!? 😁😎. Great footage mate.

@HippoDrones

3 ай бұрын

@@twistandgo3414 thanks 😊

That was a really good effort Pete. Well done.

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

Thanks mate 👍

That's a problem I find this time of year. It's finding the balance between having a great time and not totally chewing the trails to bits.

@HippoDrones

3 ай бұрын

Yup, another reason I leave the Aprilia at home when it is like this, it is a heavy bike and eats the trail if it loses traction.... although the traction control helps a lot with that.

That looked a pretty ride in places

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

Aye, I love it on the lanes... my happy place

Looking good mate.

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

Cheers 🍻

What camera you using for the helmet and audio these days Pete?

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

A GoPro Hero 10 with the GoPro Microphone Adapter from the Hero 5. The mic is a £8 jobby, VOIP mic off Amazon, it has a stiff wire about 6" long.

Cheers Pete

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

back at you Chris 🙂🍻

It must have been really muddy if the Beta was getting bogged down!

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

It was pretty sloshy on the first and last lane for sure! :-D

Great video. Being a solo rider, if you got stuck or got into situation you need to send an emergency SOS, what do you have to get yourself rescue, what tools do you carry, if you got a tyre issue or some thing similar, any info would be useful if you share your tools kit details & SOS remidies. I am preparing a to buy to list for myself. Also how do you plan your route, what factors do you take into account, safety, continuity, leasure, challenge, adventure length of route or just a ride out.

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

WOW, lots of questions, not sure I can answer them all, but thank you... In the UK, we seldom are without signal on our phones for long, weirdly I have worse signal at my local international airport than I do on a lot of our trails, so I would use my phone if I got in a situation I needed help. If however I was injured and couldn't get to my phone, luckily our green lane network is also used by horse riders, dog walkers and ramblers, so unless riding at night, we would generally get help quite quickly unless we were catapulted off the trail into the woodland/shrubbery. I carry a basic tool kit that allows me to do trail spannering. No point having more than that as if I break down badly, I have recovery that will get me home as long as I can get to the end of a trail. My ADV bike has tubeless tyres, and my Beta has TUbliss fitted, so if I get a puncture I can fix it with a plug kit, I bring an air compressor with me so I can get air in the tyres if needed, but the Beta can run on flats thanks to the TUbliss system, so I am less concerned on that bike. Regarding planning routes, I use the OS App and OS mapping on my PC to plan my rides, it isn't perfect, but does the job, possibly switching apps later in the year when my subscription runs out with OS. Every ride is different, some days I want a challenge, others I want easy. Sometimes I'm on my ADV, others my enduro bike... so I plan routes for the ride. Hope that helps answer your questions.

The Romans sure left their mark in many places.

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

Aye.. but what did they really do for us... kzread.info/dash/bejne/aYyVxpeLnJO0Yqg.htmlsi=C8ah3OhLg2bSflnz

@Viper6-MotoVlogger

4 ай бұрын

@@HippoDrones that was a funny movie 😁

@HippoDrones

4 ай бұрын

One of the best :-)